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October 6, 2012 - Tonight Greg Myers was honored at halftime of the CSU football game against Fresno State for an on-campus salute to the 2012 College Football Hall of Fame inductee. Myers becomes only the second CSU football player in school history to be inducted to College Football's highest honor and the first since Fum McGraw was honored in 1981.

Myers' credentials for the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame are rather impressive:

Myers was without a doubt one of the hardest working football players in CSU history and his work showed on the field. He could run straight up the field on punt returns and played havoc on opposing teams in the defensive backfield all day.

Greg Myers could easily be the finest football player in modern CSU football history and it was his 1995 Jim Thorpe Award that makes him the first and only CSU player to be recognized with a national award as big as the Thorpe Award.

However, what made Greg Myers such a great player was not just his amazing athletic talents on the field, but it was also his incredible academic achievements in the classroom. Not only did Myers receive excellent grades, he did it as a pre-med/Biological Sciences major. There were no cake-walk classes for Myers, he wanted to go into medicine after college and had a 3.7 grade point average while winning championships and individual awards.

After college, Myers played five seasons in the NFL, mostly with Cincinnati and one brief stint with Dallas. But he did not waiver from his medical ambitions and returned to medical school after his NFL career. He now works as an anesthesiologist in Denver.

Fans will long remember how they enjoyed watching Greg Myers on the field at Hughes Stadium and Ram Pride will flow when Dr. Greg Myers is officially inducted into the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame on December 4, 2012 in New York City.

Top: Dr. Greg Myers is congratulated by CSU Athletic Director Jack Graham as Myers receives his plaque during the October 6, 2012 on-campus salute to him. Above: Two photos of Greg Myers as a Rams athlete in the mid-1990s.

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Fum McGraw's 1981 NFF College Football Hall of Fame Induction was First, butHarry Hughes' 1952 Helms Hall of Fame Induction was Something to be Recognized

During a dismal football season in 1981, Rams fans enjoyed watching the first CSU football player in school history to be inducted to the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame. The legendary Fum McGraw, who played for the Colorado A&M Aggies (or Aggie-Rams) from 1946 to 1949 was honored at halftime of a 1981 game similar to the honor given to Greg Myers in 2012.

McGraw, a 1949 consensus All-American - the first in CSU history- was the school's athletic director at the time and literally a living legend at CSU acting as a coach, assistant athletic director and athletic director after his 1950 graduation.

But many fans do not realize that although Fum's induction in 1981 was the first to the National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame, Harry Hughes was the first person from CSU to be inducted to any national hall of fame.

In 1952, just prior to his retirement after 42 years at Colorado A&M, Hughes was honored with the Helms Amateur Athletic Hall of Fame. The photo, seen in the Hughes Room for many years, shows Hughes holding his plaque.

Later, CSU coach Bob Davis was inducted into this hall of fame and wrestling coach Hans Wagner was inducted for his efforts as a wrestling coach. But the Helms Hall of Fame folded and is no longer recognized by any organizations nationally. All that remains are their plaques, still in the CSU athletic archives and the memory that all three coaches were considered hall of famers in their day.

Top: Fum McGraw in 1981 receives his National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame plaque which can still be seen in the McGraw Center when you first enter the building.

Left: Harry Hughes receives his Helms Hall of Fame Award on November 8, 1952 during halftime of the Rams' game with Utah. Hughes' plaque remains in the CSU Athletic Archives, but the Helms Hall of Fame no longer exists and Hughes, along with Bob Davis, are not recognized for their achievements by any other collegiate halls of fame.

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